Ed Radtke was educated in Ohio public schools and attended NYU’s Film Program, graduating with honors in 1985.  He’s made two independent feature films, the award-winning BOTTOM LAND and most recently THE DREAM CATCHER.  THE DREAM CATCHER screened at more than 24 international film festivals and garnered an impressive 11 awards.  Amy Taubin of The Village Voice called him “a highly talented filmmaker” after the film recently played Lincoln Center in New York City.   After a successful theatrical run in the U.S. and around the world, the film is now available on DVD through Wellspring.

Ed Radtke has years of practical filmmaking experience, having served as an editor, assistant director, co-producer and line producer on various projects including:  independent features, documentaries, TV movies, ITVS funded dramas, commercials and music videos.   He has taught filmmaking at the college level, worked extensively with at-risk youth, taught media making to developmentally challenged adults and to prisoners.  He is the recipient of two NEA production grants, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Rockefeller Foundation Media Fellowship.

Radtke recently co-wrote the feature script  HONOR THY FATHER, produced by Gerard Depardieu and starring Depardieu and his real life son, Guillame.  Ed is currently living in Los Angeles, where he is writing the feature project SUPERHEROES, for which he received the Rockefeller Fellowship this year.

"The Dream Catcher" official web site